Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm behind the uncorroborated Trump dossier, filed a last-minute request with a federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday seeking to prevent the release of its bank records to the House Intelligence Committee.

Fusion, which is based in Washington, D.C., filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to approve an injunction preventing its bank, TD Bank, from having to turn over two years worth of banking records to the House committee.

Republicans on the committee are looking for answers on several aspects on the dossier, including who paid Fusion GPS to commission the document as well as how heavily the FBI and Justice Department relied on the document to form the basis of its investigation into Russian interference in the presidential campaign.

Trump and members of his campaign have denied the dossiers most salacious allegations, including that the Kremlin blackmailed Trump and that Trump campaign associates colluded with Russian operatives to influence the election.

In Fridays court filing, Fusions lawyer, William W. Taylor of the firm Zuckerman Spaeder, said that the House Intelligence Committee issued the subpoena to TD Bank without even telling Fusion. The committee, led by California Rep. Devin Nunes, sought Fusions bank records stretching back to Aug. 2015.

According to Taylors filing, TD Bank informed Fusion GPS on Oct. 13 that it planned to comply with the subpoena, which requested the records by Monday, Oct. 23. TD Bank sought a delay in complying with the subpoena, but the committee rejected it, Taylor stated.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We're getting closer to finding out who paid for the dossier...

Fusion has fought tooth and nail with various congressional committees and in several lawsuits to avoid disclosing the identity of its dossier client, who has been described as a supporter of Hillary Clintons~~~~~~~~~~Some people are getting nervous...

I wish some reporter would ask lord McCain, IF his aide was the one who took Rick Wilson's dirty dossier, to the UK in the first place. The dirty ‘secret’ is the GOPe were the originators of the ‘junk’ on candidate Trump. The GOPe did every thing they could to get Hillry elected president.

>>I wish some reporter would ask lord McCain, IF his aide was the one who took Rick Wilson’s dirty dossier, to the UK in the first place. The dirty secret is the GOPe were the originators of the junk on candidate Trump. The GOPe did every thing they could to get Hillry elected president.
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He’d never “allow” such a reporter to get near him. But they should still try.

You are right on about the GOPe’s dirty little ‘secret’.

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posted on 10/21/2017 8:04:35 AM PDT
by Kalamata
(Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)

In Fridays court filing, Fusions lawyer, William W. Taylor of the firm Zuckerman Spaeder, said that the House Intelligence Committee issued the subpoena to TD Bank without even telling Fusion. The committee, led by California Rep. Devin Nunes, sought Fusions bank records stretching back to Aug. 2015.

This is beyond the scope of understanding for snowflake journalists.

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posted on 10/21/2017 8:04:50 AM PDT
by ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)

These corrupt characters often, as their modus operandi, use third parties to mask their connections  said 3rd parties to be repaid by favors. Investigators need to be aware of that strong possibility.

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posted on 10/21/2017 8:08:09 AM PDT
by House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)

wouldn't it be something if the same people who commissioned the dossier where the vary people who are involved in the investigation? The deep state? The democrats? The FBI?

The GOPe's Rick Wilson, originated the dirt, back in January 2016.. He passed it off to every media outlet in the country... Think back to Megan Kelly's question to Trump in that so called debate... and Saint Ted Cruz's snark about Trump's, New York values, before that... The whole GOPe including the so called conservative blow hards were all aware of the so called 'dirt' on Trump...

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